Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Farleigh Dickinson and Hofstra are the other two teams in the tournament, and Sampson stressed that although Harvard is considered an underdog, it just might pull off the upset and come away with the tournament crown if it plays well...
...they go to great lengths in seeking it. Linda Yueh, a Harvard Ph.D. candidate and Georgetown law student, was denied the Maryland crown (though she had won the early competitions) after a wrangle over her eligibility. Last week, still hoping to be onstage in Atlantic City, she sued the state and national pageants. Dershowitz, who took time out from jogging beside the O.J. limo to advise Yueh, waxes apoplectic at the injustice: "The Miss America contest should not turn into the World Wrestling Federation. We don't want Miss America to become the Quiz Show of the 1990s...
...recent years, in a nod to modernity and political correctness, the pageant has emphasized the contestants' dedication to social betterment. And they'd better be dedicated; each is required to speak on a do-good theme--a "platform" that will serve as her stump speech should she win the crown. This week's wannabes will plump for such causes as aging with dignity (Miss Hawaii), youth-violence intervention (Maine), alternatives to underage drinking (Nebraska), organ-tissue donation (Texas) and motivating at-risk children through music (Alabama). Miss California will speak in favor of sexual abstinence...
...opens its Ivy League season and should set the tone for the remainder of the campaign. Last year, Harvard to Columbia in its first league contest a loss that set a negative tone for the first half of the season before the team regrouped to win the Ancient Eight crown...
...game ended a 3-3 tie, allowing the Bears to edge out the Crimson for the league crown by one point in the standings...